It was Sunday today and our rug gallery was a mess. I had a long day at the Bowers Museum yesterday. We brought back our rugs and other stuf...

Yesterday, I had two lectures on Persian carpets at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, in south California. The first lecture was at 11:30 am and t...

Bowers Museum Santa Ana, California I will have a lecture on this coming Saturday April 26, 2008 in the Bowers Museum. I will have two prese...

A Persian Rug Show will be held in the beautiful Island of Kish on the Persian Gulf, in Iran. Several Oriental rug dealers and importers wil...

Today is April 22, 2008. For the past three decades, April 22nd. has been observed as the Earth Day in the United States to inspire awarenes...

Recently, I have been contacted by different individuals trying to sell their rugs. I received such an e-mail this morning from someone who ...

Today, I received this e-mail from a reader of my blog and my website regarding rug cleaning and its cost: "If you would be so kind as ...

Some times I look for other rug blogs to read and study on the Internet. I do not find them updated. Why? The publishers do not have time, o...

Recently, I have received several Oriental rugs, Persian rugs and area rugs with one or two holes in them. The rugs were for cleaning, but t...

04/16/2008 The Honorable Senator Dianne Feinstein United States Senate 331 Hart Senate Office Building Wa...

04/16/2008 The Honorable Senator Barbara Boxer United States Senate 112 Hart Senate Office Building Washi...

It has been my experience that when husband and wife come together to my store to buy rug, it is easier to sell. They consult with one anoth...

We have a rack which we place in front of our rug gallery on La Cienega Blvd. in Los Angeles. We usually put one 5 x 8 feet or two 4 x 6 are...

Today, I studied the statistics of the design of the rugs I sold in 2007. I did not have the data available based on the types of the rugs: ...

Carpet Life Extended by Annual Cleaning By Rosemary Sadez Friedmann Tucson , Arizona If you would stop to think how much abuse your c...

Turkmen Rugs and Carpets : I came across this informative explanation regarding popular Turkmen rugs, one of the most interesting topics i...

Yesterday, a lady came in and said she was looking for a green runner. We showed her many pieces of green runners, but she happily left with...

Rug selling has become strange these days! Yesterday a couple came in and looked for a 5 x 8 black area rug. I showed them several pieces. T...

A lady called me yesterday from southern California asking several questions about Kashkuli rugs and their prices. I said what is the purpos...

Usually I come to work around 8:00 to 8:15 am every day. On my store and on the Internet, I have posted 9:00 am as the start of my work, but...

My rug blog, RugMaster.blogspot.com had 43 visitors yesterday. That is great! This is what I could never imagine when I started my rug blog...

Oriental rugs are good in so many regards and one regard is their restorability. A customer brought in an Indian rug two weeks ago. His do...

On the thirteenth day of the Persian new year, which also marks the end of the Nowrooz break for the school children, families leave their ...

Our rug market here in Los Angeles has moved a little bit since a couple of days ago. We have sold several area rugs and one 4 x 6 Persian N...

Yesterday evening we were invited to a party which was held in the Camden House restaurant in Beverly Hills. A good friend who was my school...

It has been very slow lately in Los Angeles. It has been Easter and few other religious and cultural holidays as well as spring break for ma...

March 20th was the first day of Spring and the first day of Persian new year. We have special ceremonies for our new year, for which we prep...

Rug market has been very slow during the past few days for us in Los Angeles. Thank to rug cleaning and repair which has kept us busy. Custo...

Why Should We Buy Old and Antique Rugs? Because: 1- Old and Antique Persian and Oriental rugs are scarce, and the demand for the...

Last Sunday, a couple brought an Indian 8 x 10 rug for cleaning. They had come from West lake, a city close to Los Angeles. There were some ...